The River
2001 · ★ 6.5 · Dir. Jarmo Lampela
Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's 60th birthday party. Waitress Leena tries to stir up a romance between her co-workers at a pizza parlor. Middle-aged Ilpo comes home early from the paper mill and finds a strange man in their bedroom. Old Milja waits for her daughter Merja at the hospital where she is visiting her terminally ill husband Henri. Teenage Santeri tries to cope with his homosexuality.
- Released
- 2001-09-14
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Language
- FI
- Budget
- $1M
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Top billed cast
Full cast & crew →Antti Ikkala
Kimmo
Jyri Ojansivu
Janne
Sanna Hietala
Anni
Tuukka Huttunen
Teppo, Annin entinen mies
Samu Loijas
Loponen, Tepon ystävä
Antti Mikkola
Santeri
Jari Virman
Eero
Pekka Hannonen
Mikko
Heidi Liimatainen
Johanna
Paula Forsgren
Santeri's mother
Katja Kinnari
Kaisa
Juha Kukkonen
Esa, muusikko
Keywords
Mother son relationshipFamilyRiverMale homosexualityAlcoholismInfidelityFinlandSuicide attemptBungee-jumpCloseted homosexualWorkplace romanceRescue from drowningIntertwined livesPizza shopHomosexualityWorkplace setting
